This is where Europe died, two times. Here the land is red from the blood that has been spilt. In 1914, two shots were fired, and twenty years ago, barbarians held it under siege for a thousand days, spilling the city like water. In these words, the Italian La Stampa begins its report on Sarajevo.
Under the title ‘Sarajevo, city in which the country is red from blood and where Europe died twice’, writes that in the capital city of B&H Europe has shown that it has no conscience.
‘’You have to come here to understand the selfishness of people who allowed the killing of the city. However, despite all the destruction it has suffered, Sarajevo spreads its arms. The gray and bleak suburbs are gradually becoming alive even though the wounds of the city are visible in concrete buildings. Watching them, you get the desire to touch them, one by one, and the scars that were left behind by the bombs and machine guns’’, writes La Stampa.
In the marketplace of martyrs, Markale, from the crates of oranges and vegetables everything is hidden, even the plates with the names of those killed. Against the peace that covers the tragedy, something rebels in us, not allowing forgetting.
Sarajevo is a city that did not have a nation, but rather accepted all people regardless of their race, customs, language…
Two shots one hundred years ago changed everything. At the place where Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Austro-Hungarian heir Franz Ferdinand, a museum is to be found there today, one of the rare that does not leak. However, the objects of its settings cannot evoke the consequences and tragedy of this act.
On the war that ended 20 years ago, Bosnians speak of it with some kind of sad pride. Disappointment is present at every step, and most of the people are still thinking about the past.
(Source: klix.ba)
